Astana take on the visitors APOEL at the Astana Arena in the second leg match of the UEFA Europa League play-offs. The match will be played in the eponymous city Astana on Thursday, August 30th. The first leg match ended with a 1-0 win for APOEL.
Astana are on the first place in the Kazakhstan Premier League with 57 points to their credit at the moment. The Blue and Yellows won the 2018 Kazakhstan Super Cup fixture in March too where they beat Kairat with a 3-0 score cleanly. In the third qualification round of the UEFA Champions League the team lost to Dinamo Zagreb from Croatia (0-2 on their home field, 0-1 on the away field). In their last three matches Astana beat Kyzylzhar with a 3-0 score, lost to APOEL with a 0-1 score and to Dinamo Zagreb with a 0-1 score.
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Last season APOEL won the gold in the Cypriot First Division with 86 points to their credit. The Legend have had four friendly matches this summer, won three of them and lost one. In the first qualification round of the UEFA Champions League the team lost to Suduva from Lithuania (1-3, 1-0). In the second qualification round of the Europa League they beat Flora from Estonia (5-0, 0-2). In the third qualification round the Cypriots went through Hapoel Be`er Sheva from Israel (2-2, 3-1).
The first leg match between Astana and APOEL ended with a 1-0 win for the Legend. It is likely that the teams will play carefully in the second leg fixture too and score only a few goals.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.0 goals scored.
